IGII2 2767 Marker of property used as security for a loan (Dionysos, Myrrhinous?)

Marker of property used as security for a loan (Dionysos, Myrrhinous?)

IG II² 2767 Date: ca. 340-320 BC

Boundary marker (horos) of land (used as) security (apotimēma) according to the agreement (sunthēkas) for Dionysos for 750 drachmas.^[1]

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References:

IG II² 2767 (Translated text) (PHI)

Finley, Horos Inscriptions, 163

Csapo and Wilson II, 197

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Horos

Inscription type: Boundary Marker

Findspot: Markopoulo (in a private house) (Unknown)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This horos, seen in the 19th century in Markopoulo (but probably originating in Myrrhinous, which is locatable 4 km S.E. of Markopoulo at Merenda) marks property used as security for a loan of 750 dr. to an unknown individual by the god Dionysos. Although it differs in its precise wording, the reference to Dionysos would be consistent with it being, like SEG 63.156 (Artemis Kolainis), one of the horoi marking loans by Myrrhinous erected under the provisions of IG II² 1183, ll. 27-32, which stipulates that horoi marking loans by the deme should specify the deity from whose fund the loan was made. For the cult of Dionysos in Myrrhinous cf. IG II² 1183, ll. 36-37, and cf. IG II² 1182, ll. 2-4. For security transactions designated by the term apotimema see E. M. Harris, CQ 43, 1993, 73-95; and in general on the terminology of such transactions, RO 36, n. 6. Though not especially common, the reference to a written agreement (synthekai) specifying the terms of a transaction involving property or security, is also found in some other inscriptions.

Added: 27 Apr 2023
Updated: 18 Oct 2024
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